Science Fair Biggest In A Decade

"Science is vital to the future of all mankind. This fair is a guarantee we are in good hands." Dr. Frank H. T. Rhodes, U-M vice president and director of the 1975 Southeastern Michigan Science Fair, spoke these words at the opening of the fair I Saturday in the University's Sports ColiI seum. I The 17th annual fair was the largest I since 1965, both in terms of entrants and I viewers. A total of 268 junior and senior high school students had submitted entry cards for the 1975 fair, and well over 200 appeared to set up exhibits. I Dr. Rodney J. Grambau, U-M professor of physical education and chairman of the fair board, introduced Rhodes and Dr. John Rosemergy, head of. the fair judging and awards committee, to an I audience that overflowed Coliseum I bleachers and chairs with many being I forced to stand. "The exhibits are just tremenduous. It I is a better fair than any I have seen up I to this time," Grambau told the audience before opening the exhibits to the public. Rhodes, an internationally-recognized geologist, announced the winners of awards in the fair which is open to students in Washtenaw, Hillsdale, Lenawee, I Livingston and Monroe Counties. The I fair is sponsored by the Ann Arbor Exchange Club, the U-M and The Ann Ar- bor News in cooperation with area schools, and supported by contributions from industries and business firms. First place overall winner in the Fair's Senior División was Joan Risgin, a lOth grade student at Ann Arbor's Greenhills I School who lives in Grass Lake. I She received a first place award of $125 in cash, a gold medal, and an expense-paid trip to the International Science Fair in Oklahoma City, Okla., in May where she will compete with students from across the nation and several ' foreign countries for additional prizes. Miss Risgin also won the $10 first place award in the Senior División istry category, and a U.S. Air Forcé certifícate for her exhibit entitled I tions in a Gel." Taneil Uttal, a senior at" Ann Arbor I Pioneer High School who lives at 2096 I Greenview Dr., also won an expense-paid I trip to the 1975 International Science 1 Fair in Oklahoma, by placing second I overall. . ' She also receiveS $100 in cash and a silver rnedal for her entry entitled "A Preliminary Study of Distribution Pröblenis in Colorado Moraine Ponds." Miss Uttal also took the $10 first place award in the Senior División biology category, and in addition received the only National Sanitation Foundation certifícate, and the only National Park Service certifícate presented, plus a U.S. Army certifícate. First place in the fair's Junior División Experiments Section went to Caleb Huntington, an eighth grader at Ann Arbor's Tappan Junior High School who lives at 2037 Geddes Ave. He received $50 in cash and a gold medal for his entry on "Patterns of Sïeep." In addition he received a U.S. Army certifícate. Laurie Ann Koehler, an eighth grader at Ann Arbor's Scarlett Middle School who lives at 2820 Beacon Hill Rd., took first in the Junior División Models and Collections section witth an exhibit entitled "Stonehenge Model." She received $50 in cash and a gold medal for first place. In addition, she received a National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) certifícate. Daniel Ullman, a student at Pioneer High, won $75 in cash and abronze medal for placing third overall in the Senior División with an exhibit on "The Distribution of Initial Digits." He also won the $10 first prize in the mathematics category, and received a U.S. Air Forcé certifícate for "the most outstanding exhibit in mathematics." Ardis Maciolek, a student at St. Mary's Academy in Monroe, won $50 in cash and a ribbon for placing fourth ove rail in the Senior División wilh an exhibit on "Do Sunspots Cause Rain?" Maciolek also won the $10 first prize in the earth sciences category received the Air Forcé certifícate for the best earth I sciences entry, and a NASA certifícate. Jean Chang, a ninth grader at Ann ArI bor's Clague Junior High, received $40 in I cash for placing fifth overall in the SenI ior División for students in grades nine I through 12. Her exhibit on "The Instinct Versus I Learning: The Conditioning of Wild I Birds," also took the $5 second prize in I the biology category, won the Air Forcé I most outstanding award in behavioral I sciences, and a U.S. Army certifícate. Leanne Sander of St. Mary's Academy I in Monroe won $30 in cash for placing I sixth overall in the Senior División with I an exhibit on "The Effects of Pollution I in Snow." She also placed first in the science and I society category to win $10 more in cash. Seventh place overall awards of $20 in I cash each and a ribbon went to Terri I Stangl, Alex Stoll, and Dick Rupp, all of I Ann Arbor Pioneer High, and Carolyn I Pacitti of St. Mary's Academy in MonI roe. Stangl also placed second in I ematics, while Stoll placed first in physics and engineering and received an Air Forcé certifícate for the most outstanding exhibit in physics and engineering. Rupp placed third in mathematics, and Monore's Miss Pacitti placed third in biology. Andrea 'M. Proskie and Lisa Sharpe, both of St. Mary's Academy in Monroe, placed second and third respectively in the Senior División chemistry category. Jeanne DeMoulpied and Ted Oxender, . I Iboth of Ann Arbor's Huron High, placed second and third respectively in the _ earth sciences category. Oxender also I won the Huron Valley Lapidary and I Mineral Society Book Award. Dexter High School's Mark G. Koenke I and Adrián Wylie of Ann Arbor's Grace I Biblë Christian Academy placed second I and third respectively in the physics and engineering category of the Senior DiviI sion. The Dexter high youth also won the first place U.S. Navy Science Award of a I briefcase, and Miss Wylie won the AmerI icn Speech and Hearing Association I I tificafe. I Connie Lieto of St. Mary's Academy I I and Riek Meader of Ann Arbor's Clague I I Junior High placed second and third I I spectively in the science and society I category of the Senior División. Meader I I also won the second Navy Science I I Award. Katie Smock of Tappan Junior High I I received the U.S. Air Force Certificate I I for the "most outstanding" exhibit in the I I Senior División on medicine and health. Ypsilanti High's Karen Miller received I I an Army certificate, as did Alice I I hager of St. Mary's Academy. I The second place award of $35 in cash I I and a silver medal in the Junior División I I experiments section went to Kim Dunlap I I of Greenhills School for an exhibit on I "Fouled Flora, Environmental Influences I I on Plant Ecology." Ypsilanti West Middle School's Barry I I Gremban walked off with the $35 in cash I I and silver medal second place award in I the Junior División models and collecI tions section, for an exhibit on "paper I making." ■ The third place award of $30 in cash land a bronze medal in the experiments I section went to John Fayos of Ann ArBbor's St. Thomas School for an exhibit on I "Flammability of Materials." The St. Thomas youth also received a I U.S. Army certifícate. Torn McLeañ of Ann Arbor's Slauson I Middle School won the $30 cash prize and ■ bronze third place medal in the models I and collections section, for an exhibit on I "Wind and Solar Powered House." ■ Charles Cooksey of Ypsilanti's West I Middle School won the $25 in cash fourth I place award in the experiments section, ■ while Tiin Ziegler of Ann Arbor's Scarllett Middle School won an identical I award in the models and collections secI tion. Lisa Siegel of Greenhills School won I the $200 cash fifth place award in experiI ments, while Scott Dennis of Tappan. I Junior High won an identical award in I the models and collections section. The sixth place award of $15 in cash in I the experiments section went to Eric I Lorey of Greenhills School, while HeathI er Hall, also of Greenhills, won an identi■ cal prize in the models and coHections I section. Seventh place awards of $5 each ín cash and a ribbon in the experiments section went to Joan Heil, Otto W. Cardew and Jennifer Cameron, all of St. Thomas, Víctor Miesel of Tappan, John Critchett of Greenhills, and Aaron Mood I of Ypsilanti West Middje. Identical seventh place awards in the . models and coflectións section of the I Junior División went to Joe Slater and I Ken Fister, both of Ann Arbor's St. I Francis School, Charles King of Clague, I Glen Davis of Ypsilanti East Middle and I Margaret Davis of West Middle. St. Francis School's Slater also won I the U.S. Army first place medallion for I his "Nitrogen Laser" exhibit. Army cerI tificates were presented to Junior DiviI sion entrants Steve Fister of St. Francis, I David Steinberg, and Alan Simpson, both I of Greenhills; Victor Miesel of Tappan, I and Charles Cooksey of Ypsilanti West I Middle. I Tappan's Miesel also won the $25 Eastiiü man Kodak merchandise certifícate with an identical award going to the Ann Arbor school in his name. NASA certificates went to Junior División entrants Glen Davis of East Middle School, Clay Harris of West Middle School, and Jill Hoffman of Tappan. Marine Technology Society awards in the Junior División went to D. J. Apley of Ann Arbor's Forsythe Junior High, and David Steinberg of Greenhills. John ■ Critchett of Greenhills won the Pickett Slide Rule Award, and Jennifer Cameron ■ of St. Thomas a National Sanitation Foundation Award. Charles Kinf of Clague and Kim Whitehouse of Tappan each won Huron Valley Lapidary and Mineral Society Book ■ Awards, while Lisa Parker of West ■ die and Mike Woolson of Clague each ■ won an American Speech and Hearing I Association certifícate in the Junior I sion. Mark Graves of Ypsilanti High ■ ceived an honorable mention certifícate I and ribbon in the physics and I ing category. Honorable mention in I ogy went to Monica Switanek Academy I and Kathryn Theisen, both of St. Mary's I Academy. Nitin Damle of Pioneer High, Meve m ber of Greenhills, and Ellen Thakaberry ■ of St. Mary's each received honorable ■ mention in chemistry, while Suzanne Lee of Tappan and Peter Sichel of Pioneer ■ High won honorable mention in mathematics. Suzanne Lee of Tappan won honorable mention in earth sciences. Junior División honorable mention awards of a certifícate, ribbon and science book went to Tony D. Onofrio, Monte Podewil and Chris Turner all of St. Thomas; Jill Hoffman, Kirsten Thomassen and Steve Domino, all of I Tappan, and James Risgin, Quinta Vreede, Bunkie Warner, Suzanne Pznanski, and David Lyon, all of Greenhills. Identical awards went to Julie Pinsak, Mark McKeel and Debbie Zaar, all of Scarlett; Ellen O'Keefe of St. Francis, Byron Hammer of St. Mary's Academy, Victoria Moses and Tracey Weeks, both of Ypsilanti West Middle; and Walter D. Sangster of Ypsilanti East Middle.